There are three deaths. The first is when the body ceases to function. The second is when the body is consigned to the grave. The third is that moment, sometime in the future, when your name is spoken for the last time.

BOSTON — I went on sabbatical from teaching last year. It was one of those things that I, a kid of working class parents, could never have imagined when I was younger. My institution was enabling me to take time off of work to concentrate on my artistic development: to focus on my studio the way that I have been focusing on my students for the past 10 years. This time was hard-won, precious; I was looking forward to it opening up for me. I had a lot of ideas that had filled my sketchbooks over the years. Also, I had bookcases of texts I could not wait to devour. It had been so long since I had read anything for pleasure, I was so looking forward to curling up with all the tomes I had purchased that work had not allowed me to open. Also, to be perfectly honest, I was looking forward to getting some rest. I purchased supplies and cleared out my studio for new work. I cleaned up my email and finished up school business. I got to a clutter-free place. I thought about what was possible.

In the studio, I could not stop thinking about this march of death. I painted almost every day, and every day this parade of killing was on my television and radio and social media feed. Some of the dead became Twitter hashtags. Some did not, but they were no less dead. Why were some people more important than others? Did people think that some victims were more worthy than others of not being shot to death, or tasered to death, or run over, or beaten to death by the state?

I was on sabbatical, so I had time. Time to create turned into time to think, and I couldn’t think about anything other than death. I didn’t read any books. I painted.

It’s summer (July), and I’m at dinner with a friend. We are in a bistro with televisions all over the restaurant and bar area. The sound is turned down, but the images light the entire place. The video of Officer Daniel Pantaleo choking Eric Garner to death plays over and over and over, interrupted by silent talking heads. I wonder, why are they playing this man’s murder on a loop? People eat, drink, laugh, walk about. No one seems to notice that a man is being choked to death on television. Then I start to think that maybe they do see it and that it doesn’t bother them. This is the first time I witness this, a black person being killed on television. It will not be the last time. Not by any measure.

Over the course of my sabbatical, I see black people shot to death on television over and over again. Newscasters and pundits issue verbal warnings that the video they are about to show might upset “sensitive viewers.” I try to imagine a viewer who would not be upset about seeing someone like Walter Scott shot to death (or by the fact that his killer, Officer Michael Slager, planted evidence on his corpse). Or Tamir Rice shot to death. I wonder why they don’t tell the “insensitive viewers” to hook up their DVRs. When I am in the studio, the images filled my head. I jump when cars backfire.

People ask me how my sabbatical is going. They say, “I hope you are taking advantage of this time.” They tell me how lucky I am. They ask, “What’s going on in the studio?” I wonder if they watch the news at all. I wonder if they know about what is happening. I wonder how they feel about these images of black people being killed. I post about this stuff on social media, and it is ignored, for the most part. Ferguson explodes. Social media does not believe in tears.

In August of 2015, two reporters are shot to death on live television. Alison Parker and Adam Ward are killed by Vester Lee Flanagan II, who uploaded a video of the killing to social media. Immediately, the television station, Facebook, and other social media erupt with requests for people not to view or share the video. To maintain the dignity of the victims, people beg the public not to watch the video. It would be a terrible thing to give the killer satisfaction by watching his murder of the reporters.

I start to wonder why black people are allowed to be killed on television. Why we are allowed to be transformed from subjects to objects and left to lie in streets for hours? Why is it acceptable to show the end of a black life on television?

I start to make work about the historical impulse to turn violence against black people into part of our domestic structures. People continue to ask me what I am doing on sabbatical. I think of Neruda and I wish I knew Spanish. (“Come and see the blood in the streets … ”) I decide to make a work about all the people killed by police while I was on sabbatical. I dismiss the idea as too agitprop. I talk to my mentors. One of them tells me, “Make the work. Just don’t trivialize.” I work with a friend and learn how to make photographs. It is harder than I imagined. I finish this work, Family Pictures. I show it to a few people. I finish my sabbatical. I’ve read few books. I feel surrounded by ghosts.

I paint everything I think. I don’t trivialize. I realize a new body of paintings. My studio is full of murderers, victims, liars, and accusers.

I return to work in September. In December, I am hassled and detained by the police. I write about the experience. Many people want me to come and talk to groups to “raise awareness.” I decline. They seem to be unaware that I would not like to relive a traumatic experience in public. People want me to talk about #BlackLivesMatter. The college intervenes and offers to handle calls from the press for me. I am deeply grateful, because this allows me to concentrate on my job and my students. CNN calls the college and wants to know if I will talk to Don Lemon. I tell the school that I will talk to anyone at CNN except Don Lemon. I get hate mail.

Lisa Tung, the exhibitions director at the college, asks me what work I want to put in the biennial faculty show. I decide to make the piece I thought was agitprop. I call Carmine, my neon fabricator. I want him to make a sign that mimics police light and spells out what is lost. I research police killings of unarmed civilians. I find no central list. I find no definitive list. I find no government statistics. I rely on activist sources. I rely on the Guardian. I make the piece. It is installed in the faculty show. It is a timeline. Its information: date, name, gender, city, state, method of killing. I title it “A Partial List of Unarmed African-Americans who were Killed by Police or who Died in Police Custody During my Sabbatical from Massachusetts College of Art and Design, 2014-2015.”

Steve Locke, “A Partial List of Unarmed African-Americans who were Killed by Police or who Died in Police Custody During my Sabbatical from Massachusetts College of Art and Design, 2014-2015” (2016), paint on wall with vinyl text, neon, dimensions variable

There are 262 names.

People tell me that they look at the wall and measure time. They lift up the people in their thoughts. Someone asks me if I am influenced by Maya Lin. I answer that we all are influenced by Maya Lin.

08/01/2014

Anthony Calloway

Male

27

Atlanta

GA

Gunshot

08/02/2014

Omar Abrego

Male

37

Los Angeles

CA

Beaten

08/03/2014

Jacorey Calhoun

Male

23

Oakland

CA

Gunshot

08/04/2014

Amir Brooks

Male

17

Washington

DC

Vehicle

08/05/2014

Jeremey Lake

Male

19

Tulsa

OK

Gunshot

08/05/2014

John H. Crawford III

Male

22

Beavercreek

OH

Gunshot

08/06/2014

Michael Laray Dozer

Male

26

Bakersfield

CA

Gunshot

08/09/2014

Michael Brown

Male

18

Ferguson

MO

Gunshot

08/11/2014

Torrez Harris

Male

52

Canton

MS

Gunshot

08/11/2014

Ezell Ford

Male

25

Los Angeles

CA

Gunshot

08/11/2014

Eddie Davis

Male

67

Dekalb

TX

Gunshot

08/12/2014

Dante Parker

Male

36

Victorville

CA

Tasered

08/13/2014

Corey Levert Tanner

Male

24

Bunnel

FL

Gunshot

08/14/2014

Michelle Cusseaux

Female

50

Phoenix

AZ

Gunshot

08/17/2014

Levon Leroy Love

Male

44

San Antonio

TX

Tasered

08/18/2014

Luther Lathron Walker

Male

38

Bellflower

CA

Gunshot

08/18/2014

Andre Maurice Jones

Male

37

Los Angeles

CA

Gunshot

08/19/2014

Darius Colegarrit

Male

21

Chicago

IL

Gunshot

08/19/2014

David Ellis

Male

29

Philadelphia

PA

Gunshot

08/19/2014

Kajieme Powell

Male

25

St. Louis

MO

Gunshot

08/20/2014

Arvel Douglas Williams

Male

30

Perry Hall

MD

Tasered

08/22/2014

Vernicia Woodard

Female

26

Hapeville

GA

Gunshot

08/23/2014

Anthony Lamar Brown

Male

39

West Palm Beach

FL

Gunshot

08/23/2014

Briant Paula

Male

26

Methuen

MA

Vehicle

08/24/2014

Rondre Hornbeak

Male

38

Ardmore

OK

Unknown

08/25/2014

Desean Pittman

Male

20

Chicago

IL

Gunshot

08/25/2014

Steven Lashone Douglas

Male

29

Dallas

TX

Gunshot

08/26/2014

Roshad McIntosh

Male

18

Chicago

IL

Gunshot

08/26/2014

Cortez Washington

Male

32

Omaha

NE

Gunshot

08/29/2014

Jeremy Lewis

Male

33

Orlando

FL

Gunshot

08/31/2014

Naim Owens

Male

22

Brooklyn

NY

Gunshot

08/31/2014

Eugene N. Turner III

Male

28

Kansas City

MO

Gunshot

09/02/2014

Kendrick Brown

Male

35

Cleveland

OH

Gunshot

09/08/2014

Alphonse Edward Perkins

Male

50

Los Angeles

CA

Gunshot

09/12/2014

Darrien Nathaniel Hunt

Male

22

Saratoga Springs

UT

Gunshot

09/12/2014

Elijah Jackson

Male

33

Knoxville

TN

Gunshot

09/15/2014

Kerry Lynn Brown

Male

26

Lacey

WA

Gunshot

09/15/2014

Michael Bonty

Male

23

Wasilla

AK

Gunshot

09/16/2014

Kashad Ashford

Male

23

Rutherford

NJ

Gunshot

09/18/2014

Charles Smith

Male

29

Savannah

GA

Gunshot

09/18/2014

Michael M. Willis Jr.

Male

42

Jennings

MO

Gunshot

09/23/2014

Cameron Tillman

Male

14

Houma

LA

Gunshot

09/24/2014

Nolan Anderson

Male

50

LaPlace

LA

Gunshot

09/27/2014

Eugene Williams

Male

38

Kansas City

MO

Tasered

09/28/2014

Oliver Jarrod Gregoire

Male

26

Baytown

TX

Tasered

09/30/2014

Javonta Darden

Male

20

Athens

GA

Gunshot

09/30/2014

Marlon S. Woodstock

Male

38

Sunrise

FL

Gunshot

10/01/2014

Tracy Ann Oglesby Wade

Female

39

Louisville

KY

Gunshot

10/04/2014

Lashano J. Gilbert

Male

31

New London

CT

Tasered

10/06/2014

Balantine Mbegbu

Male

65

Phoenix

AZ

Tasered

10/07/2014

O’Shaine Evans

Male

26

San Francisco

CA

Gunshot

10/07/2014

Aljarreau Cross

Male

29

North Las Vegas

NV

Gunshot

10/08/2014

VonDerrit D. Myers Jr.

Male

18

St. Louis

MO

Gunshot

10/09/2014

Ahaviel T. Whitfield

Male

39

Decatur

GA

Gunshot

10/10/2014

Elisha Paul Glass

Male

20

Columbus

OH

Gunshot

10/10/2014

Qusean Whitten

Male

18

Columbus

OH

Gunshot

10/11/2014

Derryl Drayton

Male

51

James Island

SC

Gunshot

10/13/2014

Macario Cisneros Garcia

Male

54

Pleasanton

TX

Tasered

10/14/2014

Rikessa La’Shae Lee

Female

21

Lorman

MS

Vehicle

10/17/2014

Adam Ardett Madison

Male

28

Warrior

AL

Gunshot

10/23/2014

Zale Thompson

Male

32

Jamaica

NY

Gunshot

10/24/2014

Keonna Redmond

Female

15

Jackson

MS

Vehicle

10/25/2014

Florence White

Female

51

Greensboro

NC

Vehicle

10/25/2014

Craig Hall

Male

29

Maywood

IL

Gunshot

10/27/2014

Christopher Mason McCray

Male

17

Fayetteville

NC

Vehicle

10/28/2014

Kaldrick Donald

Male

24

Gretna

FL

Gunshot

10/29/2014

Vincent Omear Thomas

Male

33

Florence

SC

Vehicle

11/01/2014

Johnn T. Wilson III

Male

22

Las Vegas

NV

Gunshot

11/01/2014

Michael D. McDougle

Male

29

Philadelphia

MS

Tasered, Beaten

11/02/2014

Charles Emmett Logan

Male

68

Maplewood

MN

Tasered

11/03/2014

Christopher Anderson

Male

27

Highland Park

IL

Gunshot

11/03/2014

Raphael Thomas

Male

29

Akron

OH

Gunshot

11/06/2014

Cinque D’Jahspora

Male

20

Jackson

TN

Gunshot

11/08/2014

Carlos Davenport

Male

50

Kansas City

KS

Gunshot

11/09/2014

Aura Rosser

Female

40

Ann Arbor

MI

Gunshot

11/13/2014

Tanisha N. Anderson

Female

37

Cleveland

OH

Tasered, Physical restraint

11/13/2014

Darnell Dayron Stafford

Male

31

Trenton

NJ

Gunshot

11/18/2014

Ronald Glennlewis Evans

Male

30

Bunnell

FL

Vehicle

11/19/2014

Keara Crowder

Female

29

Memphis

TN

Gunshot

11/20/2014

Akai Gurley

Male

28

Brooklyn

NY

Gunshot

11/22/2014

Tamir E. Rice

Male

12

Cleveland

OH

Gunshot

11/24/2014

O’Tavis Hall

Male

35

Winchester

CA

Gunshot

11/24/2014

Leonardo Marquette Little

Male

33

Jacksonville

FL

Gunshot

11/25/2014

Eric Ricks

Male

30

Mesquite

TX

Tasered

12/02/2014

Rumain Brisbon

Male

34

Phoenix

AZ

Gunshot

12/02/2014

William Mark Jones

Male

50

Red Springs

NC

Tasered

12/02/2014

Isaac Lee Ricks

Male

68

Los Angeles

CA

Gunshot

12/02/2014

Rumain Brishon

Male

34

Phoenix

AZ

Gunshot

12/04/2014

Keenan Ardoin

Male

24

Ville Platte

LA

Medical emergency, Drug overdose, pepper spray

12/07/2014

Jerry Demonte Nowlin

Male

39

Oklahoma City

OK

Gunshot

12/08/2014

Christopher Bernard Doss

Male

31

San Antonio

TX

Gunshot

12/09/2014

Calvin Peters

Male

49

Brooklyn

NY

Gunshot

12/10/2014

Travis Faison

Male

24

Sanford

NC

Gunshot

12/12/2014

Thurrell Jowers

Male

22

Poplar Bluff

MO

Gunshot

12/13/2014

Joseph Michael Rodriguez

Male

19

Topeka

KS

Gunshot

12/14/2014

Xavier McDonald

Male

16

Nashville

TN

Gunshot

12/14/2014

Michael D. Sulton

Male

23

Ridgeland

MS

Gunshot

12/15/2014

Dennis Grisgby Jr.

Male

35

Texarkana

TX

Gunshot

12/15/2014

Brandon Tate Brown

Male

26

Philadelphia

PA

Gunshot

12/19/2014

Terrell Beasley

Male

28

Saint Louis

MO

Gunshot

12/23/2014

Antonio Martin

Male

18

Berkeley

MO

Gunshot

12/26/2014

Quentin Smith

Male

23

Cocoa

FL

Gunshot

12/26/2014

Carlton Wayne “Chimmy” Smith

Male

20

Texas City

TX

Gunshot

12/27/2014

David Andre Scott

Male

28

Jacksonville

FL

Gunshot

12/29/2014

Kevin Davis

Male

44

Decatur

GA

Gunshot

12/30/2014

Jerame C. Reid

Male

36

Bridgeton

NJ

Gunshot

12/31/2014

Eric Tyrone Forbes

Male

28

Miami

FL

Gunshot

01/01/2015

Matthew Ojibade

Male

22

Savannah

GA

Unknown

01/06/2015

Brian Pickett

Male

26

Los Angeles

CA

Tasered

01/06/2015

Leslie Sapp III

Male

47

Knoxville

PA

Gunshot

01/07/2015

Andre Larone Murphy Sr.

Male

42

Norfolk

NE

Tasered

01/07/2015

Ronald “Maynard” Sneed

Male

31

Freeport

TX

Gunshot

01/07/2015

Hashim Hanif Ibn Abdul-Rasheed

Male

41

Columbus

OH

Gunshot

01/07/2015

Omarr Jackson

Male

37

New Orleans

LA

Gunshot

01/08/2015

Artago Damon Howard

Male

36

Strong

AR

Gunshot

01/11/2015

Elarry Brumfield Jr.

Male

31

Pascagoula

MS

Fire

01/14/2015

Marcus Ryan Golden

Male

24

St. Paul

MN

Gunshot

01/15/2015

DeWayne Carr

Male

45

Scottsdale

AZ

Gunshot

01/15/2015

Donte Sowell

Male

27

Indianapolis

IN

Gunshot

01/15/2015

Kavonda Earl Payton

Male

39

Aurora

CO

Gunshot

01/15/2015

Mario A. Jordan

Male

34

Chesapeake

VA

Gunshot

01/16/2015

Rodney Walker

Male

23

Tulsa

OK

Gunshot

01/17/2015

Terence Walker

Male

21

Muskogee

OK

Gunshot

01/17/2015

Daniel Brumley

Male

27

Fort Worth

TX

Gunshot

01/21/2015

Isaac Holmes

Male

19

St. Louis

MO

Gunshot

01/24/2015

Darin Hutchins

Male

26

Baltimore

MD

Gunshot

01/27/2015

Jermonte Fletcher

Male

33

Columbus

OH

Gunshot

01/31/2015

Edward Donnell Bright Sr.

Male

56

Randallstown

MD

Gunshot

02/03/2015

Ledarius D. Williams

Male

23

St. Louis

MO

Gunshot

02/03/2015

Yuvette Henderson

Female

38

Oakland

CA

Gunshot

02/03/2015

Dewayne Deshawn Ward Jr.

Male

29

Antioch

CA

Gunshot

02/04/2015

Markell Atkins

Male

36

Memphis

TN

Gunshot

02/04/2015

Jimmy Ray Robinson Jr.

Male

51

Lorena

TX

Gunshot

02/06/2015

Herbert Hill

Male

26

Oklahoma City

OK

Gunshot

02/07/2015

James Howard Allen

Male

74

Gastonia

NC

Gunshot

02/09/2015

Desmond Luster Sr.

Male

45

Dallas

TX

Gunshot

02/10/2015

Anthony Bess

Male

48

Memphis

TN

Gunshot

02/11/2015

Phillip Watkins

Male

23

San Jose

CA

Gunshot

02/15/2015

Lavall Hall

Male

25

Miami Gardens

FL

Gunshot

02/18/2015

Janisha Fonville

Female

20

Charlotte

NC

Gunshot

02/20/2015

Douglas Harris

Male

77

Birmingham

AL

Gunshot

02/20/2015

Terry Price

Male

41

Tulsa

OK

Tasered

02/20/2015

Stanley Lamar Grant

Male

38

Birmingham

AL

Gunshot

02/20/2015

Alejandro Salazar

Male

Houston

TX

Gunshot

02/22/2015

Calvon A. Reid

Male

39

Coconut Creek

FL

Tasered

02/23/2015

A’Donte Washington

Male

18

Millbrook

AL

Gunshot

02/25/2015

Glenn C. Lewis

Male

37

Oklahoma City

OK

Gunshot

02/28/2015

Cornelius J. Parker

Male

28

Columbia

MO

Gunshot

02/28/2015

Thomas Allen Jr.

Male

34

St. Louis

MO

Gunshot

02/28/2015

Ian Sherrod

Male

40

Tarboro

NC

Gunshot

03/01/2015

Charly Leundeu “Africa” Keunang

Male

43

Los Angeles

CA

Gunshot

03/01/2015

Darrell “Hubbard” Gatewood

Male

47

Oklahoma City

OK

Tasered

03/03/2015

Fednel Rhinvil

Male

25

Salisbury

MD

Gunshot

03/05/2015

Tyrone Ryerson Lawrence

Male

45

Milwaukee

WI

Gunshot

03/06/2015

Tony Terrell Robinson

Male

19

Madison

WI

Gunshot

03/06/2015

Naeschylus Vinzant

Male

37

Aurora

CO

Gunshot

03/06/2015

Bernard Moore

Male

62

Atlanta

GA

Vehicle

03/06/2015

Andrew Anthony Williams

Male

48

Melrose

FL

Gunshot

03/08/2015

Monique Jenee Deckard

Female

43

Anaheim

CA

Gunshot

03/09/2015

Anthony Hill

Male

27

Chamblee

GA

Gunshot

03/09/2015

Cedrick Lamont Bishop

Male

30

Cocoa

FL

Gunshot

03/10/2015

Terrance Moxley

Male

29

Mansfield

OH

Tasered

03/10/2015

Theodore J. Johnson Sr.

Male

64

Cleveland

OH

Gunshot

03/11/2015

Terry Garnett Jr.

Male

37

Elkton

MD

Gunshot

03/17/2015

Askari Roberts

Male

35

Rome

GA

Tasered

03/19/2015

Kendre Alston

Male

16

Jacksonville

FL

Gunshot

03/19/2015

Brandon Jones

Male

18

Cleveland

OH

Gunshot

03/21/2015

Romeo Roddrick Staples

Male

20

Palatka

FL

Vehicle

03/22/2015

Denzel Brown

Male

21

Islip

NY

Gunshot

03/24/2015

Nicholas Taft Thomas

Male

25

Atlanta

GA

Gunshot

03/24/2015

Walter J. Brown III

Male

29

Portsmouth

VA

Gunshot

03/27/2015

Angelo West

Male

41

Roxbury

MA

Gunshot

03/27/2015

Jamalis Hall

Male

39

Fort Pierce

FL

Gunshot

03/28/2015

Meagan Hockaday

Female

26

Oxnard

CA

Gunshot

03/30/2015

Mya Ricky Shawatza Hall

Transgender

27

Fort George Meade

MD

Gunshot

03/30/2015

Dominick R. Wise

Male

30

Culpeper

VA

Taser

03/31/2015

Anthony Stokes

Male

17

Roswell

GA

Vehicle

03/31/2015

Phillip White

Male

32

Vineland

NJ

Beaten

03/31/2015

Tyrail Ezell

Male

31

Nashville

TN

Gunshot

04/01/2015

Robert Washington

Male

37

Hawthorne

CA

Gunshot

04/02/2015

Eric Courtney Harris

Male

44

Tulsa

OK

Gunshot

04/02/2015

Donald “Dontay” Shaw Ivy

Male

39

Albany

NY

Tasered, medical emergency, beaten

04/02/2015

Darrin A. Langford

Male

32

Rock Island

IL

Gunshot

04/04/2015

Walter Lamar Scott

Male

50

North Charleston

SC

Gunshot

04/04/2015

Justus Howell

Male

17

Zion

IL

Gunshot

04/04/2015

Paul Anthony Anderson

Male

31

Anaheim

CA

Gunshot

04/06/2015

Desmond Willis

Male

25

Harvey

LA

Gunshot

04/08/2015

Dexter Bethea

Male

42

Valdosta

GA

Gunshot

04/09/2015

Don Oneal Smith Jr.

Male

29

Monon

IN

Gunshot

04/12/2015

Freddie Gray

Male

25

Baltimore

MD

Medical emergency

04/12/2015

Mack Long

Male

36

Indianapolis

IN

Gunshot

04/14/2015

Colby Robinson

Male

26

Dallas

TX

Gunshot

04/15/2015

Frank Ernest Shephard III

Male

41

Houston

TX

Gunshot

04/15/2015

Tevin Barkley

Male

22

Miami

FL

Gunshot

04/16/2015

Darrell Lawrence Brown

Male

31

Hagerstown

MD

Tasered

04/17/2015

Jeffery Kemp

Male

18

Chicago

IL

Gunshot

04/17/2015

Thaddeus McCarroll

Male

23

Jennings

MO

Gunshot, first shot with a “less-lethal” round of some sort

04/19/2015

Norman Cooper

Male

33

San Antonio

TX

Tasered

04/21/2015

Daniel Wolfe

Male

35

Union

NJ

Gunshot

04/22/2015

William L. Chapman II

Male

18

Portsmouth

VA

Gunshot, Tasered

04/24/2015

Todd Jamal Dye

Male

20

Trinidad

CO

Gunshot

04/25/2015

David Felix

Male

24

New York

NY

Gunshot

04/27/2015

Terrance Kellom

Male

20

Detroit

MI

Gunshot

04/28/2015

Jared Johnson

Male

22

New Orleans

LA

Gunshot

04/29/2015

Jeffery O. Adkins

Male

53

Emporia

VA

Gunshot

04/30/2015

Alexia Christian

Female

25

Atlanta

GA

Gunshot

05/03/2015

Elton Simpson

Male

30

Garland

TX

Gunshot

05/04/2015

Ricardo Blackmon

Male

27

Jackson

MS

Vehicle

05/05/2015

Brendon “Dizzle” Glenn

Male

29

Venice

CA

Gunshot

05/06/2015

Jason Champion

Male

41

Secaucus

NJ

Vehicle

05/06/2015

Nuwnah Laroche

Female

34

Secaucus

NJ

Vehicle

05/07/2015

Nephi Arriguin

Male

21

Cerritos

CA

Gunshot

05/08/2015

Dedrick Marshall

Male

48

Harvey

LA

Gunshot

05/10/2015

Lionel Lorenzo Young

Male

34

Landover

MD

Gunshot

05/11/2015

Kelvin Antonie Goldston

Male

30

Fort Worth

TX

Gunshot

05/12/2015

D’Angelo Reyes Stallworth

Male

28

Jacksonville

FL

Gunshot

05/19/2015

Anthony Quinn Gomez Jr.

Male

29

Lancaster

PA

Gunshot

05/20/2015

Marcus D. Wheeler

Male

26

Omaha

NE

Gunshot

05/20/2015

Chrislon Talbott

Male

38

Owensboro

KY

Gunshot

05/20/2015

Markus Clark

Male

26

Fort Lauderdale

FL

Medical Emergency

05/21/2015

Javoris Reshaud Washington

Male

29

Fort Lauderdale

FL

Gunshot

05/21/2015

Jerome Thomas Caldwell

Male

32

Charleston

SC

Gunshot

05/23/2015

Caso Jackson

Male

25

Detroit

MI

Gunshot

05/25/2015

Anthony Dewayne Briggs

Male

36

Huntsville

AL

Gunshot

05/26/2015

Dalton Branch

Male

51

New York

NY

Gunshot

05/28/2015

Kenneth Dothard

Male

40

Carrollton

GA

Gunshot

05/29/2015

Kevin Allen

Male

36

Lyndhurst

NJ

Gunshot

05/31/2015

Richard Gregory Davis

Male

50

Rochester

NY

Taser

06/02/2015

Usaama Rahim

Male

26

Boston

MA

Gunshot

06/03/2015

Sherman Byrd Jr.

Male

24

Chester

PA

Vehicle

06/04/2015

Andrew Ellerbe

Male

33

Philadelphia

PA

Gunshot

06/06/2015

Demouria Hogg

Male

30

Oakland

CA

Gunshot

06/08/2015

Ross Anthony

Male

25

Dallas

TX

Tasered

06/09/2015

Quandavier Hicks

Male

22

Cincinnati

OH

Gunshot

06/10/2015

Isiah Hampton

Male

19

New York

NY

Gunshot

06/11/2015

Fritz Severe

Male

46

Miami

FL

Gunshot

06/15/2015

Kris Jackson

Male

22

South Lake Tahoe

CA

Gunshot

06/16/2015

Jermaine Benjamin

Male

41

Vero Beach

FL

Medical emergency

06/19/2015

Trepierre Hummons

Male

21

Cincinnati

OH

Gunshot

06/20/2015

Kevin Bajoie

Male

31

Baton Rouge

LA

Tasered

06/20/2015

Alfontish Cockerham

Male

23

Chicago

IL

Gunshot

06/22/2015

Tyrone Dale Harris Jr.

Male

20

Pittsburgh

PA

Gunshot

06/24/2015

Damien Alexander Harrell

Male

26

Yorktown

VA

Gunshot

06/25/2015

Spencer McCain

Male

41

Owings Mills

MD

Gunshot

07/02/2015

Victo Larosa III

Male

23

Jacksonville

FL

Gunshot

07/04/2015

Kawanza Jamal Beaty

Male

23

Newport News

VA

Gunshot

07/04/2015

Robert Elando Malone

Male

42

Oklahoma City

OK

Gunshot

07/04/2015

Maximo Rabasa

Male

52

Miami

FL

Tasered

07/06/2015

Jason Hendley

Male

29

Los Angeles

CA

Gunshot

07/07/2015

Marcellus Jamarcus Burley

Male

18

Missouri City

TX

Gunshot

07/08/2015

Jonathan Sanders

Male

39

Stonewall

MS

Asphyxiated

07/10/2015

Anthony Dewayne Ware

Male

35

Tuscaloosa

AL

Medical emergency

07/10/2015

Freddie Lee Blue

Male

20

Covington

GA

Gunshot

07/11/2015

George Mann

Male

35

Stone Mountain

GA

Tasered

07/13/2015

Sandra Bland

Female

28

Hempstead

TX

Asphyxiated, ruled suicide

07/19/2015

Samuel DuBose

Male

43

Cincinnati

OH

Gunshot

08/06/2015

Troy Robinson

Male

33

Decatur

GA

Tasered

08/07/2015

Christian Taylor

Male

19

Arlington

TX

Gunshot

08/14/2015

Asshams Pharoah Manley

Male

30

Spauldings

MD

Gunshot

08/28/2015

Felix Kumi

Male

61

Mt. Vernon

NY

Gunshot

08/31/2015

John Carney III

Male

48

Cincinnati

OH

Tasered

Someone will say their names, and they will be alive a little longer.

Steve Locke, “A Partial List of Unarmed African-Americans who were Killed by Police or who Died in Police Custody During my Sabbatical from Massachusetts College of Art and Design, 2014-2015” (detail, 2016), paint on wall with vinyl text, neon, dimensions variable